Action Schools! BC
Action Schools! BC is a best practices model designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living. The initiative coordinates action by all members of the school community to increase physical activity opportunities throughout the school day - enhancing physical education, activating classrooms, and promoting healthy choices before and after school, and during lunch and recess.
Active Healthy Kids
Active Healthy Kids Canada was established to advocate the importance of quality, accessible, and enjoyable physical activity participation experiences for children and youth. As a national leader in this area, Active Healthy Kids Canada provides expertise and direction in order to increase the attention given to, investment in, and effective implementation of physical activity opportunities for all Canadian children and youth.
Everybody gets to play™
This program is focused on ensuring that economically disadvantaged children and families have access to quality leisure experiences. The Tool Kit provides ideas on how to make recreation services more inclusive and a BC supplement has been created. Workshops are now available to help mobilize communities for action. For more information contact 604-629-0965 ext. 34.
Healthy Lunches To Go Tour
Imagine packed lunches that are healthy, easy to make, that even your kids will eat. It may sound too good to be true, but it is not. Take the Canadian Health Network Healthy Lunches to Go Tour and find out how fast and easy it can be to pack healthy and delicious lunches for the whole family.
HIGH FIVE
HIGH FIVE is a quality assurance program designed to promote the safety, well-being and healthy development of children (age 6 - 12) in recreation and sport programs. For more information contact 604-629-0965 ext. 34.
KidSport™ Fund
KidSport™ is the charitable arm of Sport BC that raises money for underprivileged children who cannot afford sport registration fees. Learn more about KidSport™ and how you can start a KidSport™ Chapter in your community.
On the Move – CAAWS
On the Move is a national initiative designed to increase opportunities for inactive girls and young women (ages 9-18) to participate and lead in sport and physical activity.
Sprockids
The Canadian Cycling Association's Sprockids National Introduction to Cycling Program offers young people the opportunity to develop the skills, values and strategies that will guide them throughout their lives and enable them to reach their full potential.
Trail Considerations for Engaging Girls and Women
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) recently developed this document to assist communities with effective trail development. Consult this document to assist with your own trail planning and development.
Way to Go! School Program
The Way to Go! School Program is a RoadSense project that fosters safer, healthier travel alternatives for elementary and middle school students.